Supplier management

Improving together.

Together with our suppliers we want to achieve superior performance in terms of quality, logistics, cooperation and innovation. Our yearly supplier ratings tell us if we are on the right track.

Supplier rating

Every supplier to the Reifenhäuser Group has the chance to become a preferred supplier. It is a prerequisite that you have received above-average ratings for several consecutive years and have a clear potential for development. Should your performance not yet be sufficient, we will identify and establish together with you potential for improvement. According to our commitment to relationship based on partnership we provide our own know-how.

Rating process

Close to June 30, teams from the engineering, purchasing and other specialised departments rate all suppliers which together cover 95 percent of our procurement volume.

Reifenhäuser informs each supplier on the result of the rating.

In case of a negative performance curve, Reifenhäuser will agree on concrete measures.

Reifenhäuser awards the TOP suppliers of the year. >Supplier Award

Rating criteria

Key figures in terms of quality and on-time delivery are being evaluated on a permanent basis. They form part of our daily risk management and are also used in the annual rating process. In addition, an interdisciplinary team of Reifenhäuser experts includes the following four categories carrying different weights in the overall results.

Quality

Logistics

Cooperation

Innovation

Depending on the result and performance curve, measures will be agreed with you to achieve a consistent improvement of your results.

Supplier Award

Outstanding performance deserves due recoginition. With our Award we honour our TOP suppliers of the year on a regular basis. Those who hold the award in their hands have excelled through high quality, a very good/price performance ratio and well-conceived logistics. In addition, the winners have cooperated with us in an especially convincing manner and moved the Reifenhäuser Group forward through innovation projects. A jury of Reifenhäuser experts selects the suppliers of the year among the best-rated suppliers.